Journey's End

Journey's End by Hawkins, Rachel. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780147512901.

New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins brings us a riveting middle grade fantasy-adventure, perfect for fans of A Tangle of Knots. The town of Journeys End may not literally be at the end of the world, but it sure feels like it to Nolie Stanhope. While Nolies father came to Journeys End to study the Boundary--a mysterious fog bank offshore--Bels family can’t afford to consider it a threat. The McKissick’s livelihood depends on the tourists drawn by legends of a curse. Still, whether you believe in magic or science, going into the Boundary means youll never come back. …Unless you do. Albert Etheridge, a boy who disappeared into the Boundary in 1914, suddenly returns--without having aged a day and with no memory of the past hundred years. Then the Boundary starts creeping closer to the town, threatening to consume everyone within. Albert and the girls look for ways to stop the encroaching boundary, coming across an ancient Scottish spell that requires magic, a quest, and a sacrifice. “Rife with emotion and adventure, Hawkins’s novel celebrates the joyful explorations of childhood and the sometimes-difficult lessons learned with age." —Publishers Weekly "Hawkins’s latest middle grade novel is a spooky tale of friendship and adventure." —School Library Journal